Find Spot record MDO43630 - Socketed Knife, Milton Abbas

A bronze socketed knife found at Hewish Farm, Milton Abbas in 1850. In the Dorset County Museum, Late Bronze Age case. Acc. No. 1885.16.1 from the Cunnington collection.

A bronze socketed knife found at Hewish Farm, Milton Abbas in 1850. In the Dorset County Museum, Late Bronze Age case. Acc. No. 1885.16.1 from the Cunnington collection. <1>

From Hewish Farm (ST 806001) and in the Warne collection - a bronze object which from its general shape may be a light javelin head but which from the shape of the socket and the thinness of the blade is more likely to be a knife 5 1/4 inches long 3/4 inch wide. The socket is imperfect. (It could not be ascertained whether the object came from the Warne or, as in Authy 1, the Cunnington collection). <2>

<1> Externally held archive reference Display Card Dorset County Museum (Unspecified Type). SWX2058.

<2> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1900, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club for 1900, 58 (Serial). SDO14.

<3> Historic England, Historic England Archive, AO55/169/8 (Index). SDO14738.

BRONZE AGE SOCKETED KNIFE IN DORCM

<4> Historic England, Historic England Archive, OS55/F169/8 (Index). SDO14738.

LATE BRONZE AGE SOCKETED KNIFE FROM MILTON ABBAS.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205784 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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